Went down to the garage to tidy up the tools and parts and stuff in case of more minor flooding like the other day, and did exactly that. But while I was there, I couldn't help but do a bit of Nissan and Volvo work. So here's the Volvo stuff:

1) Pull the pulley with the puller. In two pieces, if required. :-p2) New pulley from B230F in with a drop of locktight and some good luck3) Belts back onto all accessories and tensioned correctly4) Degrease ATF lines and RHS of trans in search of leak5) Fire it up and run it for a while watching for the leak

4/5 will not be done if the weather sucks. 1/2/3 will be done regardless.

If the weather is really nice/hot/dry, instead of 12345 I'll do 678910111213 :-p

12345 all done, except 5 was "take it for a drive around the block" and watch for leakswas afterward, and unsuccessful, due to not being from the tubes I thought it was.Though they are pretty worn by the bracket, and will need some padding with rubberof some sort to not rattle and fail. I have to say, it was damn nice to drive it with thepower steering working and the belts not screaming! Almost like a good car! :-D

Current thoughts are to get it a WOF this Saturday coming. For that it'll need at least:

1) Some various small bits of rust tidied up and hidden/fixed.2) ATF leak fixed or at least disguised long enough to get the WOF3) Waterblast various bits to remove loose crap and lichen and so forth (entire outside, parts of engine bay, underneath in places)4) Front sway bar end links, pull rubbers from caravan front end links and install as temp fix5) Vacuum interior and boot6) Degrease engine and transmission fully so it at least looks neat and tidy

I was up again at 545am today, had breakfast, packed my bag, had a shower, prepared hose, found end link bushes for front sway bar, neighbour left, wife woke, went out again at 730 and blasted until 8, then packed away the equipment, had a cold shower to remove sweat, and wandered off to work. Tweets coming soon, linked here later.

0) Found a lonely drop of bright red ATF on one of the two lines only, no where around/above, no where to run from, cept the back of the tube itself, worn through from the trans bracket, yet to be proven1) Ground and wire brushed and poked at with centre punch all rusty patches in door/bonnet2) Mixed some bog and gave it a conservative coating on the two bonnet ones, nice work3) Mixed some more and spread it into the holes in the door above the lock and all around, messy, bumpy, rough4) Scuffed up the surface of the bonnet two with sand paper5) Mixed some more and gave them another skim to bring them above flush a little6) Noticed door bog was still wet, but stiffening up fast, and went over it with fresh softer bog, still rough as guts7) Worked on sway bar end links installing 740 upper bushes in there and doing an average job of it with no grease and no idea if I was over winding the nut, or under winding it8) For water proofing in case of rain, and in knowledge of making my future life more painful/harder, dusted the two bonnet bog patches with blue/green top coat, no primer, no sanding, nothing, fuck it, bog is porous and rain is forecast

Did not vacuum the interior. Did not fix random rust spots in engine bay or bottoms or doors, etc.Did not waterblast bits of engine bay.Did not degrease bits of engine bay and driveline. May not bother if the leak is solvable

Plan tomorrow:

Vacuum the interior outUndo nut on LHS sway bar to see where thread stops and perhaps install grease, then retighten. If greasing and/or good, then do both one by one.Pick up run to my storage unit and return trip via hotel to fit other wheels for WOF duty.Visit dad in hospital - shoulder replacement :-o old bugger is more worn out than the 244.

1) Confirmed leak in ATF line, undid it, removed it and found the hole worn through in the top side from the steel bracket and 29 years.2) Created new line from 940 line that didn't fit by bending it, rough enough, good enough, doesn't leak, win. Dry as a bone.3) Took the car for a drive to prove it was working OK. Almost like a good car, now :-)4) Treated a few bits of surface rust in a few places, engine bay, underneath, etc. Found a few bits beyond treating, but only small, three of them.5) Wrote a list of things to do tomorrow:

New numbering sequence:

1) Sand and prime/paint bog in door, very rough right now, may need more bogging after initial sanding.2) Fill three holes in firewall and sill and coat with black so as to be non-visible.3) Clean up and treat bottoms of doors, smear some filler on there if it'll help with appearances. Black over.4) Grease and rust-kill and black out the hinges as some are a bit rusty looking/gone.5) Wipe out all of the door jams with spray cleaner and cloth.6) Brush/groom rear parcel shelf to bring colour back out in carpet. Re vacuum this bit.

All of this between home time tomorrow and "too late for noise" tomorrow.

OK, so the V12 drinks a massive 8 litres of oil! Looked like that much, too! :-o

I have a non-rooted bung for it, now, and will attempt to clean up the sumpthreads if necessary tomorrow arvo/evening. Then I'll pour maybe 4 or solitres and the lifter cleaner into it and ensure it gets oil pressure with thatlittle, if so, will run it up to temperature and take it for a short drive nearby.

Ha, and while pondering pushing submit, I found this video of a 240 wagon with this engine:

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